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Protecting rivers and their communities by resisting megadams and their transmission corridors
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  • Transmission Corridors (Maine, New York, Vermont…)
    • Maine NECEC – CMP Corridor
      • Report: NECEC and CHPE transmission corridors tied to potential for more dam construction
    • New York: TDI – CHPE Corridor
    • Vermont: TDI – NECPL Corridor
    • New Hampshire Granite State Power Link (currently on hold)
    • Vermont Green Line – on hold
    • New York Empire State Connector
    • Canada Atlantic Link
    • New Hampshire: Northern Pass (Rejected)
  • New Canadian Megadams
    • British Columbia – Site C
    • Quebec – Romaine River
    • Labrador – Muskrat Falls Project
      • Labrador – Muskrat Falls: Commission of Inquiry
        • Muskrat Falls Inquiry
    • Labrador – Gull Island/Grand River
  • Canadian Hydropower Impacts
    • What is Hydropower?
    • Climate Impacts
      • Greenhouse Gases
    • Cumulative Impacts on River Systems, Climate & Forests
    • Ecosystem Impacts
    • Indigenous Rights
      • Innu Nation of Labrador Sues Hydro-Quebec for $4 B in Hydro Damage
      • Five First Nations Oppose Hydro Exports to U.S.
      • Pessamit Innu First Nation Opposes Northern Pass Transmission Corridor
      • End of an Era: Remove Dams & Begin Truth & Reconciliation
    • Methylmercury Poisoning
    • Water Cycles
    • Hydropower is Not Renewable or Clean Energy
      • The Dark Side of Canadian hydropower Exposed in U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation
        • ITC investigation Participants
        • Tataskweyak Cree Nation Submittal to the ITC
        • Not Renewable or Clean Energy
    • Canadian Government Subsidies
    • Corporate Profits
  • Solutions
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    • 10 Reasons Why Large Hydropower Projects are a Climate Disaster
    • Greenwashing hydropower
    • References
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  • Webinars & Events
    • Webinars
      • 2021: “Megadams = Megadamage” Webinar
      • 2021: Three-part webinar series – What’s new in the campaign to save rivers and their communities?
      • 2020 COP 26 Coalition From the Ground Up: Global Gathering for Climate Justice
      • 2020: Impacts of Canadian hydropower on Indigenous communities in Canada and on Maine’s environment: Sierra Club
      • 2020: The Deals Made, The Money involved and the lack of transparency in pursuit of big hydro: Sierra Club
      • 2020: Stop the Gull Island Megadam
      • 2020: Site C Megadam – Webinar
      • New York’s CHPE/TDI corridor: social justice, climate, and New York’s pursuit of Canadian hydroelectricity – 3 parts
      • Earth Day 2020
    • In-person events
      • COP 26
      • 52nd National Day of Mourning
      • 2020 51st National Day of Mourning, Plymouth MA
      • 2020 & 2019 Conference of Northeastern Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
        • 2019 Conference of Northeastern Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
      • 2019 Northeast U.S. Speaking Tour
      • 2019: Ottawa: Action at International Coalition on Large Dams Annual Meeting
      • 2019 Grand Riverkeeper & Labrador Land Protectors Speaking Tour Spring 2019
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Breaking News & Updates

To view an up-to-date archive of relevant news articles, letters to the editor, press releases, and research, click here.

July 1, 2022 – Hydropower is a bad bargain

June 30, 2022 – Past the $16 billion point of no return

June 30, 2022 – Dam politics: Why public power utilities are pouring cash into the campaign to support Lower Snake River dams

June 22, 2022 – Rush to build roads, dams ruins Himalayas

June 16, 2022 – First Nation documentary examines impacts of Williston reservoir 

June 15, 2022 – Conservationists challenge hydroelectric’s reputation as a clean energy source

June 14, 2022 – Earthjustice letter on counting greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower

June 13, 2022 – How Patagonia is fighting to save Europe’s wild rivers

June 9, 2022 – When approving CHPE, the PSC quietly rejected many other in-state options 

June 4, 2022 – Where does the river flow?

June 3, 2022 – Still time to rethink Mongolia’s biggest dam to date

June 3, 2022 – More than 40% of Earth’s land surface must be conserved to stop the biodiversity crisis, report warns

June 1, 2022 – New hunting rules fuel division in B.C., four First Nations say

May 27, 2022 – Passamaquoddy tribes, state sign deal to protect the Schoodic River and restore fish runs 

May 26, 2022 – Hoover Dam power production down 33%, official says

May 24, 2022 – Take action to restore the Snake River

May 23, 2022 – Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

May 23, 2022 – Why is Europe removing its dams? 

SmugMug Gallery

Click here to view NAMRA’s SmugMug Gallery which contains photos, maps, and descriptions of major hydro-electric facilities in Canada, Indigenous and allied resistance, and NAMRA events.

NAMRA is a broad-based ad hoc alliance of groups and individuals who care about rivers, communities and climate. We are pluralistic, a clearinghouse for information, and a forum for voices from various communities on the issue of megadams and energy policy impacts on rivers and human rights. 

NAMRA is an affiliate of Save the World’s Rivers.

To learn more about NAMRA’s story, click here. 

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